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Shivan Sito

Shivan has spent the majority of his life in Erbil and works at the Media Center, which is building capacity for local media outlets.

Shivan works primarily as a graphic designer and is an aspiring photographer. He hopes the workshop will help him build upon his photography and video skills so he can pursue independent projects in the future.

"I would like to make documentaries about problems which are pandemic in Kurdistan region, like children working and honor killings. Also, it would be nice to make documentaries also about Kurdish traditions, ancient places and new aspects of Kurdish society in the last decade."

In March 2003, as the Iraq war loomed, people in Erbil were concerned that the war might extend to the city.
Nawzad Tayib was one of the thousands that fled the city a few days before the start of the war.

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